화학공학소재연구정보센터
Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A, Vol.19, No.3, 757-761, 2001
Spectral plasma temperature determination of thermionic vacuum arc in the titanium vapors
The titanium vapor plasma generated by a thermionic vacuum are was spectroscopically investigated. The electronic temperature was obtained using the method of spectral lines intensity ratios. Three sets of spectral lines have been used, each set having the same energetic lower level namely: fundamental, 170.132 cm(-1) and 386.874 cm(-1) respectively. For an are current I-arc = 1 A and an are voltage U-arc = 670 V, an average electronic temperature of plasma T-e = (2860 +/- 587) K was obtained. Moreover, spectroscopic investigations of the interelectrodic plasma show that the discharge is totally sustained by evaporated anode material.